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The 5 Best Spotify Workout Playlists

Some days it feels like you’re on fire powering through your workout like a human dynamo. Other days not so much. What’s missing? Maybe you need the right workout playlists to boost your energy level.

It’s ok; we’ve all been there. Some days you’re on and some you’re off. Sometimes it’s a chore even mustering up the motivation to coordinate your clothes, let alone push through a workout. How do you do it? You could just chug a bucket of coffee, or, you could check out the most bad ass Spotify workout playlists to get you on a Rocky Balboa level of motivation – Yo Adrian! Gimme the beat!

The Top 5 Spotify Workout Playlists

This list comprises a selection of the most popular workout playlists according to Spotify subscribers. However, just like snowflakes, not everyone’s taste is alike. For this reason, I have selected workout playlists to cover a wide range of genres so that, hopefully, there’s a nugget of gold for even the pickiest of music fans.

1) Cardio

Style: Chilled EDM/PopFollowers: 1,993,317

This first playlist features chilled house music and pop tunes to make your cardio sessions run with ease. I would suggest this playlist for early risers hitting the road to burn calories, as it can be a nice soundtrack to ease into the day.

Featured artists and songs include:

Scared to be Lonely – Martin Garrix

Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

Setting Fires – The Chainsmokers

Just Hold On – Steve Aoki

2) Beast Mode

Style: Hip-Hop/Rock/EDMFollowers: 2,057,807

If you’re looking to get a little gangsta’ in your workouts, Spotify’s Beast Mode playlist has got you covered. This playlist has a mix of tracks ranging from 80’s hard rock to 90’s hip-hop to modern, EDM guaranteed to provide you with a supersonic boost.

Featured artists and songs include:

Left Behind – Slipknot

Lose Yourself – Eminem

Notorious Thugs – Notorious B.I.G Featuring Bone Thugs and Harmony

Purple Lamborghini – Skrillex

3) Power Workout

Style: Hip HopFollowers: 1,647,241

If rap music is what you need to power your workouts, then this is the playlist for you. A range of artists from the 90’s to the present feature on this playlist with back-to-back tracks laced with back to back beats.

Featured artists and songs include:

HUMBLE – Kendrick Lamar

X Gon’ Give it to Ya – DMX

Power – Kanye West

Smartphone – 2 Chainz

4) Pumping Iron

Style: Hard Rock/MetalFollowers: 546,052

If you’re anything like me, then your workout tracks need to be a mix of high intensity and fast pace to help you get that extra 10%. This playlist features a variety of heavy hitters, and to get the best out of them; it has to be loud!

Featured artists and songs include:

Guerilla Radio – Rage Against the Machine

The Beautiful People – Marilyn Manson

Down with the Sickness – Disturbed

I’m Broken – Pantera

5) Dance Workout

Style: Dance/ClubFollowers: 1,675,263

This playlist has, you guessed it, a dance feel to it and can be used to fuel your HIIT circuits, cardio sessions, and Urban Dance workouts.